Since the weather has been in the 50's and hopefully reaching low 60's this week, I have been in the back yard. This actually started about 2 weeks ago when my husband and I decided that our beat up and bottom rotting fence needed a revamp. Aft... Read more

I saw a story on the today show this morning about a website where you can bet on your dieting habits. If you accomplish what you bet, then you win money, if you don't you pay a penalty.
Sounds kinda interesting. Will it motivate me to ... Read more

according to a friend of mine, YES!
She came across an article
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa about Quinoa and how it is destroying bolivia. So her conc... Read more

Since about Dec 23, the scale has been teetering between 223-225. I have been diligently picking and choosing what to eat such as no holiday cookies, fudge or popcorn balls. Love those popcorn balls! So, perhaps my gain from 220 has been my l... Read more

In my online ticker, a news story came across about elementary school children in China being attacked by a knife wielding individual. this was the same day as the shootings in CT. Although none died in china, all were hospitalized. This was... Read more

Just saw a news story that if you run and are over 35, you may actually be harming your heart. health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/running-may-be-harmful-your-heart
Good thing that I quit running in my 20's!... Read more

from our friends at petwellbeing.com :
Now that Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is coming many of us are thinking about doing a little dieting before all the rest of the holiday feasts. If you are going to include items in your diet that... Read more

ok. Over the last week, I have diligently stayed on the low side of my spark calories esp. wednesday in which I had nothing but protein powder and bars (doctor recommended type) for total calories of 920.
Thursday, no "thanksgiving" dinn... Read more

Copy and Paste into your own blog, change the answers to suit you. It's really hard to only use one word answers.
Just for fun...
Where is your cell phone?
purse
Spouse?
Edward
Your hair?
short
Your mother?
De... Read more

I was just looking at the spark feature for low calorie halloween candy. The sugar content is 10g or more for each item they feature. That is a lot and of course, the food dyes, and preservatives. That stuff is not healthy at all.
An... Read more

well today was the last pickup of the summer CSA. Sunday starts the fall pickup. Amongst the assortment of butternut and acorn squashes, there were apples. So, when the CSA hands you apples, you make apple crisp!
http://recipe... Read more